Given name & surname
Donia
“ruler of the world”
Donia connects to the Donald name family through Donna. One Scottish interpretation is “ruler of the world.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Donia connects to the Donald name family through Donna. One Scottish interpretation is “ruler of the world.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Donia is a variant of Donna. An origin associated with Donna is Italian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Donia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,219
- 0 boys · 1,219 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,533 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,533 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,100 as a first name in 2020; 278 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Donia
- Donia Samir GhanemEgyptian actress and singer (born 1985)
- Donia MassoudFrench/Egyptian Actress and Singerborn 1979
- Donia HamedEgyptian modelborn 2000
- Donia MaherEgyptian actressborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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